| Author | Krawczyk, Noa | |
| Author | Silva, Pedro Luis do Nascimento | |
| Author | De Boni, Raquel Brandini | |
| Author | Mota, Jurema | |
| Author | Vasconcellos, Mauricio | |
| Author | Bertoni, Neilane | |
| Author | Coutinho, Carolina | |
| Author | Bastos, Francisco Inácio Pinkusfeld Monteiro | |
| Access date | 2019-09-11T14:25:07Z | |
| Available date | 2019-09-11T14:25:07Z | |
| Document date | 2020 | |
| Citation | KRAWCZYK, Noa et al. Non-medical use of opioid analgesics in contemporary Brazil: Findings from the 2015 Brazilian National Household Survey on Substance Use. Global Public Health, v. 15, n. 2, p. 299–306, Feb. 2020. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 1744-1692 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/35498 | |
| Sponsorship | The current study was funded by the Brazilian National Office Against Drugs (Secreteria Nacional Antidrogas
(SENAD)). Noa Krawczyk was supported by the National Institute On Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health
under [award number F31DA047021]. Raquel B. De Boni acknowledges the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development – CNPq [grant number # 310541/2017-4] and Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à
Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro –FAPERJ [grant number # E-26/203.154/2017]. Francisco I. Bastos acknowledges
funding by CNPq [Universal 2012 no 056626560009452] and FAPERJ [2015/2014, E-26/010.001755] | pt_BR |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | pt_BR |
| Title | Non-medical use of opioid analgesics in contemporary Brazil: Findings from the 2015 Brazilian National Household Survey on Substance Use | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | |
| DOI | 10.1080/17441692.2019.1629610 | |
| Abstract | Prior studies on substance use in Brazil have not focused on opioid misuse, previously thought to be nearly non-existent. This paper presents new findings on heroin and non-medical use of opioid analgesics. Data come from the 2015 Brazilian Household Survey on Substance Use (BHSU-3), a nationally representative survey estimating epidemiological parameters related to substance use by residents across Brazil. BHSU-3 used stratified multi-stage probability sampling across multiple geographic domains of interest, resulting in 16,273 interviews with household residents. Lifetime heroin use among Brazilians was 0.3 (95% C.I:0.2-0.4). Lifetime, past-year, and past-month non-medical use of opioid analgesics were respectively 2.9 (95%C.I.:2.3-3.4), 1.4 (95%C.I.:1.1-1.7) and 0.6 (95%C.I.:0.4-0.8). Past-year prevalence of non-medical opioid analgesics use was lower among males [Prevalence Ratio (PR): 0.54 (95% C.I.:0.36-0.78)], those aged 12-24 [0.56 (95% C.I.:0.34-0.92)], persons with monthly family incomes between R$1,501-3,000 [0.59 (95% C.I.:0.38-0.92)] or greater than R$3,000 [0.64 (95% C.I.:0.42-0.98)], and persons who were unemployed [0.65 (95% C.I.:0.46-0.92)]. Non-medical use of opioids in Brazil may be more prevalent than previously recognised. Proper measurement and evaluation of opioid misuse across Brazil and other Latin American countries is critical to understand and prevent opioid-related harms. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Department of Mental Health. Baltimore, MD, USA. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica. Escola Nacional de Ciências Estatísticas. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em DST/AIDS. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | IBGE - Escola Nacional de Ciências Estatísticas, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Latin America | pt_BR |
| Subject | National survey | pt_BR |
| Subject | Non-medical use | pt_BR |
| Subject | Misuse | pt_BR |
| Subject | Prescription opioids | pt_BR |
